Rheumatic fever is most likely to affect the children under the age group of 5 to 15 years. It is known to affect basically the connective tissues that are found in the brain, skin, joints, and heart. In about thirty percent to seventy percent patients, cardiac involvement has been observed to during the first attack of this fever.

There are certain factors that may help people know about the ways of treating rheumatic fever:

• Rheumatic fever can be treated by the elimination of GAS pharyngitis and by suppression of the inflammation that is caused by immune system. It can also be treated by providing support and care towards congestive heart failure.
• Using oral penicillin V can also prove to be a great help in this case. A benzathine penicillin G injection is also considered effective in such cases. Other effective medications would include erythromycin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin.
• Surgery in order to get rid of the heart valve insufficiency is advisable where this insufficiency is basically a result of the rheumatic fever. This I then considered to be a life saving measure as around forty percent of the patients suffering from rheumatic fever are known to have mitral stenosis. Mitral replacement, percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, and mitral valvulotomy are other very essential thing to be done in order to cope up with such health issues.
• Replacement of the mitral valve is one of the most preferred options in terms of the treatment of rheumatic fever.

All such measures if taken into account can prove really beneficial in the long run.

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